Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to a sabbatical year.
- adjective Relating or appropriate to the Sabbath as the day of rest.
- noun A sabbatical year.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of Sabbatical year.
- Sabbatic; characterized by rest or cessation from labor or tillage: as, the sabbatical years (see below).
- Recurring in sevens, or on every seventh (day, month, year, etc.).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to the
Sabbath . - adjective Relating to a
sabbatical . - noun An extended period of
leave , often one year long, taken by anemployee in order to carry out projects not otherwise associated with the employee'sjob . During the sabbatical, the employer may pay some or all of the wages that would have been otherwise earned or some or all of the expenses incurred.University lecturers , for example, may be granted a one-year paid sabbatical once every seven years.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the Sabbath
- adjective of or relating to sabbatical leave
- noun a leave usually taken every seventh year
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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James Mortimer: I think the term sabbatical has to be taken with a grain of salt.
The Roar - Your Sports Opinion Mr Sports 2009
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When people hear the word "sabbatical," they invariably think, "Sounds great—but there's no way I can do that."
'A Sabbatical? Me?' Kelly Greene 2011
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The Republican announced today he will pass on a presidential campaign, because he wants to take what he calls a sabbatical from public life.
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The sabbatical is an opportunity and a gift and I wish it were one that extended beyond the academic world.
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Maybe “allowed” to take another sabbatical is less accurate than “encouraged”.
You’re A Loudmouth Baby, You Better Shut It Up | ATTACKERMAN 2009
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Still, Beyoncé doesn't expect her sabbatical from the music business to be easy, or even necessarily successful.
Beyonce is poised to take a well-deserved break in 2010 2010
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The earache and overwork made the beginning of this sabbatical from the idiot box a necessity, but now that I have no reason to avoid the output of British television I realize that there is nothing I can be bothered to watch.
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Wael Ghonim posted a message Saturday on the social-networking site Twitter announcing he would take a "long-term sabbatical" to form "a technology-focused NGO to help fight poverty & foster education" in Egypt.
Egyptian Protest Leader to Take Break From Google, Form Tech NGO Matt Bradley 2011
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The earache and overwork made the beginning of this sabbatical from the idiot box a necessity, but now that I have no reason to avoid the output of British television I realize that there is nothing I can be bothered to watch.
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The ensuing revelations of multiple affairs resulted in the loss of endorsements, a sabbatical from the game, poor play when he returned - and eventually, a divorce from his wife Elin.
qroqqa commented on the word sabbatical
Beatrice Beckley has the thankless job of playing Lady Chiltern, one of those frightfully virtuous women of Wilde's who can't utter the simplest observation without dragging in such Sabbatical expressions as "we needs must."
—Dorothy Parker, review of An Ideal Husband, in Vanity Fair, Nov. 1918
This is probably the first time I've seen 'Sabbatical' used in anything close to the original sense of pertaining to the Sabbath.
November 12, 2008